TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia最新文献

Transgenderism, Othering and Third Way Buddhist Monasticism in Chiang Mai, Thailand 泰国清迈的变性、他化和第三条道路佛教僧侣制度

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2024.2

Amnuaypond Kidpromma, James L. Taylor

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Transgenderism, Othering and Third Way Buddhist Monasticism in Chiang Mai, Thailand 泰国清迈的变性、他化和第三条道路佛教僧侣制度

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2024.2

Amnuaypond Kidpromma, James L. Taylor

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Waria, Worship, and Welfare: Exploring Trans Women's Conditions of Precarity Amidst COVID-19 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia Waria、崇拜与福利：探索印度尼西亚日惹变性妇女在 COVID-19 中的妊娠状况

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2024.1

Amirah Fadhlina

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From Bad Student to Transnational Activist: Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Transnational Activism in Northeast and Southeast Asia 从差生到跨国活动家：Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal 与东北亚和东南亚的跨国激进主义

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.15

Tuwanont Phattharathanasut

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International Perception and Local Pride in Smart City Development: The Case of Hong Kong 智能城市发展中的国际认知与本地自豪感：香港案例

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.14

C. Lai, Alistair Cole

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Shape-shifting and Strategic In/visibility: Comparing Sex Work Activism in Singapore and the Philippines 形变与战略内/可见性：比较新加坡和菲律宾的性工作活动

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.13

Sharmila Parmanand

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Reappraising the Narrative of Dato Mogul and Singora's Early History 再评拿督莫卧儿的叙事与辛格拉的早期历史

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.11

Benjamin J.Q. Khoo, Graham H. Dalrymple

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“Keeping Condition”: Gender Ambiguity and Sexual Citizenship of Queer Male Thai Classical Musicians “保持状态”:泰国男酷儿古典音乐家的性别歧义与性公民

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.12

Nattapol Wisuttipat

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Postcolonial Pessimisms and Alternative Spatial Practices: Critical Interpretation of the concept of the Third Space through the Case of Fatahillah Square, Indonesia 后殖民悲观主义与另类空间实践:对第三空间概念的批判性解读——以印尼法塔希拉广场为例

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.10

Junyoung Park

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Contextualising Statelessness: Contingent Citizenship and The Politics of (non)Recognition in Thailand 情境化无国籍:泰国偶然的公民身份和(非)承认的政治

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.7

Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul

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